The income tax department has gathered “evidence” that real estate group Omaxe allegedly indulged in “unaccounted” cash transactions with customers to the tune of over Rs 3,000 crore, officials said on Tuesday. The CBDT issued a statement to say that it raided the premises of a leading real estate group active in north India on […]
Laljit Singh Bhullar today assumed charge as the Transport and Hospitality Minister of Punjab in the presence of PWD and Power Minister Mr. Harbhajan Singh, Education, Higher Education and Sports Minister Mr. Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer, MLA Manjit Singh Bilaspur, MLA Harmeet Singh Pathanmajra, MLA Mr. Manjinder Singh Lalpura, MLA Kulwant Singh Pandori and other […]
Rajya Sabha was adjourned till noon amid ruckus over the rejection of Congress leader Shaktisinh Gohil’s adjournment motion over the fuel price increase. M Venkaiah Naidu, the Rajya Sabha chairman, said the notice under Rule 267 is not admitted and the matter can be discussed during the demand for grants of ministries concerned. “This is […]
UGC chairman M Jagadesh Kumar said the central universities will have to use Common University Entrance Test (CUET) scores to admit students to undergraduate programmes this year. He said the CUET, in all likelihood, will be conducted in the first week of July.This means that apart from the eligibility criterion of different universities, Class 12 […]
India has received praise from across the board for many of its foreign policy initiatives, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said on Monday, a day after Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan lauded India for its independent foreign policy. When asked at a media briefing about Khan’s comments, Shringla said India’s record speaks for itself and […]
President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday conferred Padma awards to recipients at a civil investiture ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. Among the Padma Bhushan awardees were senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad and Serum Institute of India chairman Cyrus Poonawalla in the field of public affairs and trade and industry, respectively. Paralympic silver medalist Devendra […]
The BJP’s legislature party here on Monday chose Pushkar Singh Dhami is new Chief Minister of Uttarakhand. The decision was taken at a legislature party meeting of the BJP which is currently under way at the BJP headquarters in Dehradun.The meeting is being attended by BJP’s central observers for Uttarakhand – Defence Minister Rajnath Singh […]
The situation along the Line of Control (LoC) with Pakistan remains stable post the Directorate General of Military Operations (DGMOs) understanding between the two nations in February 2021, the defence ministry informed Parliament on Monday. In a written reply to the Upper House, minister of state (MoS) for defence Ajay Bhatt said both the armies […]
N Biren Singh on Monday took oath as Manipur’s chief minister for a second straight term, 11 days after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came back to power with a landslide victory in the recently concluded assembly election. Singh took the oath in the presence of BJP’s national president JP Nadda, BJP’s Manipur unit president […]